Here’s a facebook response to my previous post about left-wing ideology, and the post included a link to this article about Peterson. First claim: the left
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A Puff of Absurdity: Defining the Left
This is a continuation of my previous post on the political correctness issue raised in last week’s Munk Debates with Jordan Peterson, Michelle Goldberg, Michael
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Munk Debate On Political Correctness
Immersed, as I have been, in the political correctness / free speech dichotomy, I looked forward to the recent Munk Debate with Michelle Goldberg and
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: The 9.9 Percent
The Atlantic has a great article about the 9.9% being the new American aristocracy. Matthew Stewart has separated the 0.1%, who are the super rich,
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: What Should Teachers Do to Prevent Gun Violence?
Lots of us have students who don’t quite fit in and spend all their time alone, friendless. They might have been bullied for being different,
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: A Bit More on Free Speech
You’re free to say the earth is flat and say it all day long on a wide variety of media platforms, and even write a
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: A Crackpot Posing as a Genius
I’ve been noticing many articles, recently, about the plight of loneliness. It’s now linked to anxiety and depression, and addiction, and a former US Surgeon General
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Seeing Jane Goodall
A post in which I gush a bit about it all. Jane came to my city last Wednesday night. I had so much to do
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Entitlement and Unfettered Rage
One of the benefits or downfalls of the internet is that it allows fringe groups to find each other online. When it comes to feeling
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Happy Earth Day
It’s the 48th Earth Day, and it’s the 20th anniversary of Mann’s hockey stick graph made famous in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. So we’ve
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Peterson, Political Correctness, and Postmodernism
Peterson was on Bill Maher last night. They’re both people that have some clever ideas, but also promote a few questionable notions in a way
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Progressive Education
I recently watched a film, Most Likely to Succeed, which has inspired a lengthy post about educational reform. FIRST, A BIT ON DEWEY AND SKINNER:
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Extra Time and IEP Designations
We administered the literacy test yesterday with one new twist that most teachers weren’t privy to until the previous evening: There would be no specific
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Masculinity
Pankaj Mishra, author of Age of Anger: A History of the Present, wrote an interesting article in The Guardian last Saturday on the rise of
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On the Necessity for a Public Takedown
When, a couple months back, I read Katie Way’s depiction of a date between “Grace” and Aziz Ansari, at first I felt badly for him to
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On UW’s Mental Health Recommendations
After another suicide on the campus of the University of Waterloo, the university compiled 36 recommendations to try to alleviate the mental health crisis and
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Hari’s Lost Connections
“There’s violence to knowing the world isn’t what you thought. . . . Sometimes the world doesn’t make a lot of sense, but how we
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Swimming Lessons
“As for our bodies, there comes a time when no one wants to come near them.” ~ Mr. Perlman speaking one of the saddest line
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Free Meds and Mental Health Care
Perfect timing. My son just finished telling me about his trip to our family doctor in which he tried but failed to get a form
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Conflict
We’re raised to understand conflict from the perspective of good guys and bad guys. But it’s rarely so clear. The battle for land and resources
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